The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1887-01-01

n -'-|'|. HN|aHA|t t ''H t"'N 1880 "'
no one was har.. Tho buggy wss dam
aged considerably, but the horses were
uaipjured. Mr.. Mcsby is to be con
graduated that it Was no worse.
The governors message is decid-
edly tho worst job of printing, of ths
kind, we ever saw. Il is Not only or
very inferior paper, but is typegraph-
ical error from one end to the other.
When reading it is difficult to tel
whether it is written in red ink with o
few printed corrections or vice versa.
The president, in his recent sp-
pointments, has played smash with the
coed democratic idea that territorial
offices shall be filed by residents of the
the territories. Kentucky furnishes o
governor for Montana and another for
Utah. Dakota gets governor from
New York and Wyoming from Kansas.
Idaho is in luck that she didn't get one
from Alabams.
-Assemblyman Roheres, from Gus
ter county, who was one of the discov-
erers and owners Of the famous Chas.
Dickens paine, says that on one occa-
sion, in The esrly days OF the ledge, six
tons of ore, shipped to Freiburg, Cor
many, at the expense of $2i0 per ton,
netted them sI2, 500. Another time,
wanting little spending money, he
pounded cut with postal enough
gold in six hours to not him $3.50. Not
~ bad days work.-Democrat.
The Boise City National Bank has
made an interesting estimate of the
production of gold, silver and lead in
idaho during 1886. 1t is splendid
showing. Gold, $2,664,6OO; silver,
SIS, 0S2, 900; Lead, 81, Cos, 600; making a
total OF SO, 1851, 500. To this is added
10 per cent which represents the anout
taken out of the country by the Chinese
and others, OF which no correct &C
count could be obtained, making a tota
Ot q AZ, -Ot ,OOO-
The law bearing upon the maSter
limits the subordinate officers of each
branch of the lasho legislature to one
chief clerk, whose compensation shall
DO SO per day; cue enrolling and on
crossing clerk at So; one sergeat-at-
arms and coorkeeper at SIS; one mes
sengor and watchman st 81; and one
chaplain az 81 so. This being the case,
how are Assistant Clerk Brodhead and
Assistant Engrossing Clerk Miss Per-
meal French to get paidP lnasmuch as
the United States will not, and Che tor
ritory cannot pay them, It is not likely
that they will hOld theft respective
Offices for the mere fun Of the thing
Wood River Times.
The American Agriculturist for
) anuary, 1887, announces that arrange
ments has bsen made for issuing the
English and German editions hereafter
at London, Paris and Berlin simultan-
eously with their appearance in this
country. The opening number FOR the
year presents even greater variety OF
matter pertaining to the farm, garden
and household than usual. Seth Green
ciiscourses on the disease of fish, Peter
Henderson gives general, practical in
structions for planting and sowing in
warm climates; Prof. Bessey, Of Ne
braska, urges jndicious tree planting al
over the far west; j. NJ. Buckley, D. D.,
contrasts the relative advantages of
winter life in the North and south. Da-
vid w. Judd continues his editorial cor
Tho engravings, num-
beriDg 60, full page and otherwise, pre-
sent a great vsrity Of convsniences etc
The first of serious OF articles on the
A. B. c. of Agriculture begins with this
number. They are calculated for all
who wish to become farmers. Price,
S1.50 por year-English or German;
single number IS cents. Address Pub
fishers American Agriculturist, ISL
Broadway, New York.
Pat Devers, Gene Strohecker, Al.
and George Cornwall, Of
Shoshone, went up to take dinner with
George Karcher last Sunday, Before
starting that al made firm resolve to
be- On their best behavior, eat very spar
ipgly and act just as il they had boon
II tho habit of dining on the fat OF the
land every day. BY this means they
hoped TO cover the fact that food had
been stranger TO them for 10, these
many days. But alas for human hopes !
BY chewing their finger nails they man.
aged to conceal their cravings for n
time, but when they caught sight Of
the tempting roast turkey and duck
and Thousand other good things which |
lad been strangers TO them, their |